Williams was identified in part thanks to a distinct key fob and golf hat he wore during the riot ... being drafted by the Detroit Lions in 2016. After being waived in 2017, Wiliams was signed ...

Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit takes on the real-life horror of the Algiers Motel Incident during the 1967 riots Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.